Category: Art

Fujifilm’s fun film cameras are a fantastic gift or a great way to make friends at a holiday party. By Stan Horaczek | Published Nov 17, 2023 2:30 PM EST Stan Horaczek SHARE We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Even serious photographers...

Travel In Brazil’s megacity you’ll find an array of exciting dishes, from rare duck hearts to a South American take on couscous. Published November 16, 2023 4 min read This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). 1. Duck hearts, Cora Skewers of salty, charcoal-grilled chicken hearts are found everywhere in the city, from...

As technology evolves, AI-generated images of human faces are becoming increasingly indistinguishable from real photos. But our ability to separate the real from the artificial may come down to personal biases—both our own, as well as that of AI’s underlying algorithms. According to a new study recently published in the journal Psychological Science , certain...

There are millions of pieces of space junk orbiting Earth these days, so what’s one more bit of detritus amidst the trash cloud? According to NASA’s recent spacewalk debriefing, International Space Station denizens Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara spent nearly seven hours conducting various repairs on a sun-tracking solar panel array. During their shift, however,...

A color composite image of MACS0416 using the data from four sets of images taken by JWST of the galaxy cluster over a period of 126 days, or about four months. The regions where the transients are found are also marked. Credit: University of Missouri An international team of scientists, led by University of Missouri’s...

Iceland has 33 active volcanic systems, the highest number in Europe. Iceland declared a state of emergency on Friday after a series of powerful earthquakes rocked the country’s southwestern Reykjanes peninsula, in what could be a precursor to a volcanic eruption. “The National police chief … declares a state of emergency for civil defense due...

While galaxies appear to be lonely wanderers in the vast universe, many in fact huddle closely in clusters, held together by their collective gravity. And sometimes, it would appear, they also munch on one another. In other words, larger galaxies in these pockets merge with and gobble  smaller ones to grow even bigger — our...

Oceans are now one step closer to being battlefields for robotic ships. This past week the US Navy announced that its task force focused on developing autonomous technology and artificial intelligence for the service successfully fired several small missiles at empty boats in the Middle East as part of a test, hitting the targets each...

A new feature uses AI to combine historical crash data with current route information. By Harry Guinness | Published Nov 7, 2023 3:00 PM EST Sean D / Unsplash SHARE Today, Waze announced a new feature called crash history alerts that will warn drivers about upcoming accident black spots on their route. If you are...

This article was originally featured on  Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. On November 14, 2016, a huge earthquake rocked Kaikōura, a town on New Zealand’s South Island, killing two people, triggering a tsunami, and thrusting stretches of coastline six meters up out of...